facultas

See also: facultás

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *fakelitāts, related to facilis. Doublet of facilitās.

Pronunciation

Noun

facultās f (genitive facultātis); third declension

  1. ability, skill
  2. (in the plural) means, resources
  3. opportunity, chance
    Synonyms: opportūnitās, occāsiō
  4. faculty (group of teachers)

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative facultās facultātēs
Genitive facultātis facultātum
Dative facultātī facultātibus
Accusative facultātem facultātēs
Ablative facultāte facultātibus
Vocative facultās facultātēs

Descendants

References

  • facultas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • facultas”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • facultas in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • facultas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to give a man the opportunity of doing a thing: facultatem alicui dare alicuius rei or ut possit...
    • to deprive a man of the chance of doing a thing: facultatem, potestatem alicui eripere, adimere
    • no opportunity of carrying out an object presents itself: nulla est facultas alicuius rei
    • oratorical talent: facultas dicendi
    • to be very rich: opibus, divitiis, bonis, facultatibus abundare
  • facultas in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016

Portuguese

Verb

facultas

  1. second-person singular present indicative of facultar

Spanish

Verb

facultas

  1. second-person singular present indicative of facultar
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